Would you say that temptation and addiction in The **** of the Rings is similar to drug addiction in the real world?

Would you say that temptation and addiction in The **** of the Rings is similar to drug addiction in the real world?
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It is hard to tell, because we don’t really know what force the ring was exerting. I think it is a reasonable analogy, though.
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